Voice of Bamboo, The

DIRECTOR(S):

Mingyuan (David) Zheng

LANGUAGE:

English

SYNOPSIS:

After escaping Japan in his youth, a now elderly Japanese man found refuge on a farm in the mountains of North Carolina, where growing bamboo taught him how to live.

Student Film – Yale University.

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